thefez

311 is a fairly useful tool for communicating with the city, it would be a shame to lose it. As with every budgetary issue, however, it comes down to a matter of priorities and the city is clearly lo...

M or margaritasgirl, if you ever want to help out on neighborhood clean ups, the LA Neighborhood Clean Up Project holds them all the time around LA and is always looking for volunteers. Join up!...

actually, not sure if that drain had the screen when that photo was taken, but still demonstrates the difficulty of street sweepers to pick up the accumulated trash. ...

These are a great idea, but as polaroidgirl and Zach mention, the street sweepers don't actually tend to pick up the trash from the grates as items typically get stuck in the grates and will not come ...

Runoff from the interior parts of the Los Angeles is a major problem as well dreaminggreen, but good point. If you look in a lot of storm drains in even areas like echo park or koreatown you can see ...

yep, that's true....

ha, good fix. If you write an article on the U.N. you will be pretty happy about those french classes!...

Interesting contrast between the two districts...but, if your spanish teacher is "going to the teacher of the lounge" (which is the actual translation of the spanish phrase above) you have more proble...

Trash runoff is a serious problem in a lot of neighborhoods where waste accumulates on the sidewalks and gutters and then goes into the drains. There is an organization called LA Neighborhood Clean U...

grab dinner at simply thai (alternatively thai town is just down hollywood blvd!), followed by drinks at Good Luck bar or or the tiny Tiki Ti...

yeah, i can't remember ever seeing a person receive a ticket for parking along that strip; including parking in front of that "driveway." Who knows, it's worth a challenge because the street cannot af...

i am familiar with this very same parking spot in the fez. The driveway, or curb, in the picture actually just leads into a brick wall for an autorepair shop, there is no driveway there! People park t...